lowmileage
05-11-2012, 04:19 PM
Hi all,
At the end of February, I started helping along this squirrel that had a bad skin condition. He started coming to a dish of broken up (unsalted) peanuts combined with some mice/rodent feed. After about a month or so, his condition cleared up. Once a day, sometimes 2x, he came to the place where i set up his feeding station. A couple of times, if he got there first and I wasn't there, he was waiting for me on the picnic table outside the sliding door from the house. He never acted like the other squirrels. For instance, he seemed to "take forever" to eat a peanut in a shell. That's where I got the idea to break up the peanuts for him. When he eats them, he chews and chews - like he has a hard time eating them. A couple of days ago, he was acting much different - moving around much more slowly and not interested much in the feeding station but he was consuming a lot of water. I put 2 dog dishes of water in the yard and they normally drink for a short time - maybe 5-10 seconds. Now the last 3 times I've seen him, he seems to be there for a couple of minutes. It seems he can't get enough. So far, I haven't seen him yesterday or today. Obvioulsy, not a good sign. Any clues?
At the end of February, I started helping along this squirrel that had a bad skin condition. He started coming to a dish of broken up (unsalted) peanuts combined with some mice/rodent feed. After about a month or so, his condition cleared up. Once a day, sometimes 2x, he came to the place where i set up his feeding station. A couple of times, if he got there first and I wasn't there, he was waiting for me on the picnic table outside the sliding door from the house. He never acted like the other squirrels. For instance, he seemed to "take forever" to eat a peanut in a shell. That's where I got the idea to break up the peanuts for him. When he eats them, he chews and chews - like he has a hard time eating them. A couple of days ago, he was acting much different - moving around much more slowly and not interested much in the feeding station but he was consuming a lot of water. I put 2 dog dishes of water in the yard and they normally drink for a short time - maybe 5-10 seconds. Now the last 3 times I've seen him, he seems to be there for a couple of minutes. It seems he can't get enough. So far, I haven't seen him yesterday or today. Obvioulsy, not a good sign. Any clues?